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Earth's Materials

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_______________is a scientist who studies fossils.

a)

Geologist

b)

Fossilologist

c)

Pediatrician

d)

Paleontologist

2.

The picture shows a fossil of a leaf. What can be learned from the fossil?

a)

The size of the leaf

b)

The color of the leaf

c)

Which animals ate the leaf

d)

How fast the animal grew

3.

Which would be the best way to make a model of a fossil? (Cast Fossil)

a)

Make a handprint and fill it with Clay (Plaster of Paris)

b)

Press your hand into mud or snow and take a picture of it

c)

Make a handprint and fill it with water

d)

Trace your hand with chalk on the road

4.

A Dinosaur Footprint - - - - Which type of fossil is this?

a)

Cast Fossil

b)

Trace Fossil

c)

Fossil Fuel

d)

Mould Fossil

5.

When something is _____________________ it no longer

exists.

a)

extinct

b)

preserved

c)

endangered

d)

rotting

6.

Which rock type would be best to find fossils?

a)

Igneous Rock

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

7.

An organism should be buried quickly after it dies if it has a chance of becoming a fossil

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which is a natural resource?

a)

glass

b)

paper

c)

plants

d)

leather

9.

This type of resource can easily be replaced.

a)

renewable

b)

nonrenewable

10.

This is formed when dead plants and animals experience heat and pressure over millions of years.

a)

renewable

b)

nonrenewable

11.
Ore is 
a)
any type of rock
b)
a rock with metals
c)

a rock with valuable metals or minerals

d)
a rock with minerals
12.
A rock formed from lava or magma is classified as
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
sedimentary
13.
Mining can sometimes cause pollution in rivers and oceans, harming ____________ life.
a)
Space
b)
Plant
c)
Animal
d)
Robot
14.

Which of these can fossil fuels NOT make?

a)

some medicines

b)

food

c)

plastics

d)

cosmetics

15.

Petroleum can be used to make lipstick and other cosmetics.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Fossil Fuels are

a)

pieces of rock that have been compacted many times

b)

rock that contains 50% plant and animal remains

c)

metamorphic rock

d)

fuels that form from the remains of plant and other organisms that were buried and altered over million of years

17.

The three main types of fossil fuels are (Choose more than 1 answer) :

a)

petroleum

b)

natural gas

c)

sunlight

d)

coal

18.

The first step in fossil fuel formation is

a)

living things long ago died

b)

they turn into coal

19.

The second step in fossil fuel formation is

a)

They are buried. Heat and pressure change the remains.

b)

They become oil.

20.

The third step in fossil fuel formation is

a)

The living things die.

b)

The remains change to oil, coal and natural gas.

21.
Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......
a)
require expensive equipment
b)
take millions of years to replace
c)
can be found all over 
d)
provide all the energy we use
22.

The solid form of fossil fuels is _______.

a)

petroleum

b)

crude oil

c)

natural gas

d)

coal

23.

The liquid form of fossil fuels is ___.

a)

coal

b)

petroleum

c)

natural gas

d)

Coal gas

24.

The gas form of fossil fuels is ____.

a)

petroleum

b)

natural gas

c)

coal

d)

heat

25.

Which of the following metals conducts heat and electricity the best?

a)

aluminum

b)

copper

c)

steel

d)

nickel

26.

Metals are a good conductor of__________ .

a)

Electricity only

b)

Heat only

c)

Heat & Electricity

27.

Metals can be used to make? (Choose all that apply.)

a)

Pots and pans

b)

Copper wires

c)

Iron nails

d)

Parts of cars